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Shops Closed on 28 & 29 May - What Else Does Pentecost Signify In Hungary?
- 26 May 2023 8:56 AM
- community & culture
Pentecost is a public holiday in Hungary, and so shops will be closed on Sunday and Monday, 28 & 29 May. It's a Christian holiday commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the disciples of Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament of the Bible. It is also known as Whit Sunday.
An Ecuadorian Archaeological Gem Has Reached Budapest
- 2 May 2023 4:25 PM
- community & culture
Last Wednesday, April 26th, one of the few existing replicas of the vessel that has led researchers from around the world to determine that the origin of cocoa was in Ecuador was unveiled in Budapest.
Photos: Summary of Pope's Visit to Hungary - Part 2
- 2 May 2023 12:22 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Celebrating mass on Sunday morning in Budapest, Pope Francis asked participants to "be open doors" and appealed to world leaders asking them "to build peace and to give the younger generations a future of hope, not war, a future full of cradles not tombs".
Photos: Summary of Pope's Visit to Hungary – Part 1
- 2 May 2023 7:16 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
President Katalin Novák received Pope Francis with military honours in front of the presidential office, Sándor Palace, in the Castle District on Friday.
6/10 Students in Hungary Choose Vocational Training After Elementary School
- 25 Apr 2023 5:30 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
The government is continuously reforming vocational training, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his opening address at the 16th festival for vocational schools in Budapest, adding that the number of vocational school applicants has been rising for years, and their academic performance was also improving.
Watch: Easter Customs In Hungary
- 6 Apr 2023 6:40 AM
- community & culture
Small boys learn this rhyme when they are still in the kindergarten, and they sing it to girls on Easter Monday, and then promptly 'sprinkle' them - without waiting for an answer to the poem:
"Through the greenwood going
I saw a blue violet growing
I saw it start to wither
Can I water this flower?"
Hungarian Orchestra Brings Down the House On European Tour
- 3 Apr 2023 5:44 PM
- community & culture
The Budapest Festival Orchestra took Europe’s most prestigious concert halls by storm, from Berlin to Luxembourg and the Philharmonie de Paris. Seven venues, more than 9000 people in the audience and nearly 10,000 kilometers covered, spanning snow-capped mountaintops and sun-drenched Mediterranean towns.
Highest Honor: Billionaire Banker Csányi Decorated with Hungarian Order of St Stephen by President Novák
- 3 Apr 2023 7:09 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
President Katalin Novák decorated Sándor Csányi, chairman and chief executive of OTP Bank and head of the Hungarian Football Association (MLSZ), with the Hungarian Order of St Stephen, the highest honour in Hungary, at the presidential Sándor Palace.
'An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Chapter 4, Part 1.
- 14 Mar 2023 5:37 PM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Shops Closed on 28 & 29 May - What Else Does Pentecost Signify In Hungary?
- 26 May 2023 8:56 AM
- community & culture
Pentecost is a public holiday in Hungary, and so shops will be closed on Sunday and Monday, 28 & 29 May. It's a Christian holiday commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the disciples of Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament of the Bible. It is also known as Whit Sunday.
An Ecuadorian Archaeological Gem Has Reached Budapest
- 2 May 2023 4:25 PM
- community & culture
Last Wednesday, April 26th, one of the few existing replicas of the vessel that has led researchers from around the world to determine that the origin of cocoa was in Ecuador was unveiled in Budapest.
Photos: Summary of Pope's Visit to Hungary - Part 2
- 2 May 2023 12:22 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Celebrating mass on Sunday morning in Budapest, Pope Francis asked participants to "be open doors" and appealed to world leaders asking them "to build peace and to give the younger generations a future of hope, not war, a future full of cradles not tombs".
Photos: Summary of Pope's Visit to Hungary – Part 1
- 2 May 2023 7:16 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
President Katalin Novák received Pope Francis with military honours in front of the presidential office, Sándor Palace, in the Castle District on Friday.
6/10 Students in Hungary Choose Vocational Training After Elementary School
- 25 Apr 2023 5:30 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
The government is continuously reforming vocational training, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his opening address at the 16th festival for vocational schools in Budapest, adding that the number of vocational school applicants has been rising for years, and their academic performance was also improving.
Watch: Easter Customs In Hungary
- 6 Apr 2023 6:40 AM
- community & culture
Small boys learn this rhyme when they are still in the kindergarten, and they sing it to girls on Easter Monday, and then promptly 'sprinkle' them - without waiting for an answer to the poem:
"Through the greenwood going
I saw a blue violet growing
I saw it start to wither
Can I water this flower?"
Hungarian Orchestra Brings Down the House On European Tour
- 3 Apr 2023 5:44 PM
- community & culture
The Budapest Festival Orchestra took Europe’s most prestigious concert halls by storm, from Berlin to Luxembourg and the Philharmonie de Paris. Seven venues, more than 9000 people in the audience and nearly 10,000 kilometers covered, spanning snow-capped mountaintops and sun-drenched Mediterranean towns.
Highest Honor: Billionaire Banker Csányi Decorated with Hungarian Order of St Stephen by President Novák
- 3 Apr 2023 7:09 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
President Katalin Novák decorated Sándor Csányi, chairman and chief executive of OTP Bank and head of the Hungarian Football Association (MLSZ), with the Hungarian Order of St Stephen, the highest honour in Hungary, at the presidential Sándor Palace.
'An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Chapter 4, Part 1.
- 14 Mar 2023 5:37 PM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.